Universe Quotes

"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion" "The soul is the mirror of an indestructible universe." "And in the end we are all just dreamers in an endless universe" "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars." "The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety but also of variety in unity." "I have a terrible need of — shall I say the word — religion. Then I go out and look at the stars." "It doesn’t seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different plants, and different conditions, and different stars should all exist for the sake of a single one of us. It seems much more reasonable that it’s not, that the universe is simply indifferent" "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us" "There is no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one" "The entire universe is through and for me; the rest is hypothesis. " "Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you" "Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?" "The cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be" "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe" "Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, filled with gladness, quietness, and rests" "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference" "The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won’t find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice" "There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke" "The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside." "My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations"